Wear-plate for shoe-heels and the like



Dec. 20, 1932.

L WEINSTEIN WEAR PLATE FOR SHOE HEELS AND THE LIKE Original Filed May 31, 1950 H7 TOR/V5 Y Patented Dec. 20, 1932 A umrao STATES PATENT o FIc -f':

" LEOII WEINSTEIN, OF S'LLOUIS, MISSOURI wann-rrarn roa'snon-rrnnns AND THE LIKE Application filed m ,193o,sefia1 .457,724. Renewed December 10, 1931.. 1

This invention relates to a certain new and useful improvement in wear plates for shoe heels and the'like and has'ffor its object the provision, asv a new' article of manufacture,

combination of parts hereinafter described and pointed out in theclaims. In the accompanying drawing, Figure 1 is an inverted plan view of a heel of a shoe equipped with a wear-plate embodying my invention; 7

Figure 2 is a fragmentary sectional view of the shoe-heel taken approximately on the line 22, Figure 1;

Figure 3 is a view similar to Figure 2, showing the wear-plate partially applied to the heel; I

Figure 4 is a perspective detail view of the wear-plate; and V Figure 5 is a sectional view of the wearplate taken approximately on the line 55, Figure 4.

Referring now more in detail and by reference characters to the drawing, which illustrates a preferred embodiment of my invention, my new wear-plate includes a main or body-portion A having preferably the arouate somewhat crescent-shaped form and contour best seen in Figure 1 and constructed of any suitable relatively bendable metallic material, such as, for instance, steel, malleable iron, or the like. For purposes presently appearing, the plate A, as initially or originally constructed, is longitudinally convexly bowed, as best seen in Figure 3.

Upon its one or under face and along its margin, the plate A is provided with a depending aeuminate wall 2, whichalong the rear of the plate preferably tapers in height from the longitudinal center of the plate to its opposite ends; and longitudinally aligned and projecting from and at the opposite ends of the under face of plate A, is a pair of rigid hooks B, whose shanks 3 are originally disposed normal to the convexed curvature of the plate A, and, hence, converge or incline inwardly towards each other.-- The hookshanks 3 are preferably chisel-pointed at their outer end, as at 4, andbarbed each with" a recurved lateral point or bill 5 respectively oppositely presented outwardly of the bow of, and hence longitudinally parallel with," the plate-body A, the'bills 5 being respectively spaced fromthe plate-body A suitably to provide, as may be said, a notch 6 therebe tween. 7 i

'-; Intermediate the ends of, and, referabl punched out and inturned from, the plate-" body A fordepending therefrom, is a dart or prong 7, and, further, at its opposite 'ends, the plate-bodyA is provided with respective preferably counter-sunk nail-receptive apertures8. i

In use, the plate A is applied at the desired location upon the outer face of the heel C of the shoe,'wwhicli, in the present instance,

includes anout'erlift 9 of rubber or like resilient material, nailed, as at 10, to the leather or wood body 11 of the heel, a relatively-thin, section 12'of penetrable sheet metal, fiber,or the like beingflatwise interposed and fixed' intermediate the heelebody' 11'. and its lift 9 for retaining engagement and eo-operation V 12, puncture' the same with corresponding slots or apertures 14 wider than the shanks therein, as best seen in Figure 3, and I'might add' thatithe dart or prong? ispartially driven. intotheheel at the same time." The plate A is thenfirmly beaten or flattened onto the heel C, whereupon the body ,A bends 'toiresidefiatwisezon lthe lift 9, as shown in V3,]Which latter are,hence, laterally shiftable Y Figure 2, and the shanks 3 shift laterally to locate their bills 5 under, and in anchoring or interlocking engagement with, the section 12, the shanks 3 then extending more or less perpendicularly or in mutually parallel position relatively to the plate-body A, as also best seen in Figure 2.

And, concurrently, the acuminate wall 2' is driven into the lift 9 and the prong 7 into the heel-body 11, as will be understood. I might add that the nails 10 are preferably arranged in an arcuate series along the outer margin of the heel C, and the nail apertures 8 are hence provided conformably for such purpose, although not essential for securing the plate A to the heel of the shoe.

It will be observed that the more the shoe is employed in walking or the like, the more effectually is the plate A flattened, and the bills 5. correspondingly the more I firmly pressed into the heel-body 11 and under the retaining-section 12. 7

My invention hence greatly simplifies and facilitates the application of wear-plates to shoes, and when so applied, the wear-plate is securely and elficiently anchored upon. and interlocked with the heel-body. My new wear-plate is'practical, dependable, and advantageous in its intended use; and, further, provides an article that is neat, attractive and inexpensive in manufacture. v v

It will be understood that changes and modifications in the form, construction, arrangement, and combination of the several parts of the plate may be made and substituted for those herein shown and described without departing from the nature and principle of my invention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is: 1. As a new article of manufacture, a wear plate for shoes comprising a longitudinally bowed bendable body-member, and heel-engaging hooks projecting laterally from one face and at the opposite ends of the bodymember, the shanks of the hooks extending in converging relation and the bills of the hooks being disposed in opposed relation outwardly of the bow of the body-member. V

2. As a new article of manufacture, a wearplate for shoes comprising alongitudinally tour, hook-shanks bowed bendable body-member adapted for disposition upon the outer face of the lift, and rigid hooks projecting laterally from one face and at the opposite ends of said body-member and comprising shanks extending in converging relation and the bills of the hooks being disposed in opposed relation outwardly of the bow of the body-member, said hooks being adapted for penetration into and through said lift and section and on a flattening of said body-member for plate-anchoring engagement at their bills with said section.

4:. A shoe wear-plate'comprising a metallic plate of approximate crescent-shaped conprojecting lengthwise from,;and approximately at a right angle to, one face, and adjacent the opposite ends, of the plate, and bills on said shanks spaced by the shanks from the plate and having pointed ends presented outwardly in opposed relation toward the opposite ends of the plate.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification.

LEON WEINSTEINQ- bowed bendable body-member, heel-engaging hooks projecting laterally from one face and at the opposite ends of the body-member, the shanks of the hooks extending in converging relation and the bills of the hooks being disposed in opposed relation outwardly of the bow of the body-member, and a prong projecting laterally from said one face of the body-member intermediate said'hooks.

3. In combination with a shoe-heel including a body, an outer lift, and a retaining section interposed between said bodyand lift,

of a wear-plate including a longitudinally 

